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Win 8 design documents leaked, plus Icaza comments on them

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urlwolf:
http://msftkitchen.com/2010/06/windows-8-plans-leaked-numerous-details-revealed.html

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Jun-28.html

I'm surprised nobody posted this already...

Deozaan:
Who is Icaza and why does his opinion matter? I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm asking because I sincerely want to know.

EDIT: Hey cool! Looks like the Microsoft Slate tablet isn't dead after all!

Another EDIT: Ooh la la! I like the Push Button Reset feature. Not really sure what anybody is going to buy from the Microsoft App store, though. . .

steeladept:
Unfortunately the sites are blocked so I can't verify, but my guess is Icaza is Miguel Icaza from Novell.  He is also the head of the MONO project IIRC and his opinion would matter because it affects interoperability with a LOT of Linux systems and Open Source in general (at least in theory) that Microsoft is reaching out to.  He is sort of the figurehead of the Microsoft-Novell interoperability agreement the the Open Source Community was so against several years ago (and presumably still is). To Microsoft, his opinions are insights to making Windows and Linux work seemlessly thereby allowing mixed environments so often seen in business (where Microsoft's push for Windows has been subtly headed for years).

Hope that answers that question anyway. 

Deozaan:
[...] my guess is Icaza is Miguel Icaza from Novell.-steeladept (June 29, 2010, 08:48 AM)
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Yeah that's him. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

kip:
Maybe MS should get Win 7 working correctly first, oops have they ever done that before releasing a new version?

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